Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dabney Waller, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Dabney Waller registered to vote in Austin County on July 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 27 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Dabney Waller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dabney Waller
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
27 yearsDabney Waller reported 27 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Waller in Austin County
- Shadrik Wallerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
Wallers elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 3 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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